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Alabama News Network brought you live coverage of a news conference this morning as Montgomery County Sheriff Derrick Cunningham and others updated the case of the father charged in the death of his newborn son, who had been reported missing.
Cunningham, Chief Deputy Kevin Murphy and Montgomery County District Attorney Daryl Bailey were among those who spoke about the investigation, which still is unfolding.
Caleb Whisnand, Sr. now faces a capital murder charge in the death of his five-week-old son Caleb “CJ” Whisnand, Jr.
Last night, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said the father was charged with manslaughter and was being held on a $100,000 bond. After the baby’s body was recovered in rural Lowndes County, an autopsy was performed late last night, which officials say is the reason that the charge was upgraded. The father is now being held without bond.
2 arrests made in 2019 homicide in Montgomery Share Updated: 8:23 AM CDT May 1, 2021 The Associated Press
The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Share Updated: 8:23 AM CDT May 1, 2021 The Associated Press Alabama authorities say two people are in custody in the 2019 slaying of a man in Montgomery. Montgomery County District Attorney Daryl Bailey said Wednesday that his office’s Cold Case Task Force arrested 21-year-old Si’Keris Miles and a juvenile for the July 25, 2019, death of La’Quintin Brown. Local media reports the suspects are accused of shooting Brown to death as he stepped outside his apartment to check the switch on his breaker box after losing power. Court documents indicate an attempted robbery or burglary was the motive.
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A 2019 homicide victim was shot and killed during either an attempted robbery or burglary, according to court records filed against a 21-year-old now charged in connection with the case.
Si Keris Miles, 21, was arrested Tuesday morning in connection with the July 2019 death of 27-year-old La Quintin Brown. Newly discovered evidence and witnesses led to Miles arrest, according to a news release from Montgomery County District Attorney Daryl Bailey s office.
Little was released regarding the case immediately after Brown s death. Police said they responded to the 4700 block of Park Towne Way shortly before midnight and found Brown dead.
Brown marked the city s 25th homicide victim of 2019.
Face after face and name after name, the slideshow of Montgomery s homicide victims seemed it would never end.
In fact, it was hundreds short, coming nowhere near representing all the city s victims of fatal violence. In the 24 years Montgomery County District Attorney Daryl Bailey has been a prosecutor, there have been 799 homicides, he said.
In an Evening of Remembrance to all of Montgomery s homicide victims, about 200 people gathered at Landmark Church on Tuesday evening to honor those lost to violence. The event, first held in 2019, was canceled last year because of COVID-19 restrictions. This plague on our city, a plague of violence, needs to be treated as a health emergency, Bailey said. If we have COVID, doctors are able to diagnose and treat it, and look for a solution. We don t really treat homicides that way, and I think it is a public health emergency. We need to identify the symptoms that cause these homicides, diagnose them and find a solution to treat
Pandemic within a pandemic: Groups raise awareness about domestic violence
Pandemic within a pandemic: Groups raise awareness about domestic violence By WSFA Staff | March 4, 2021 at 6:31 PM CST - Updated March 4 at 6:49 PM
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - It’s described as a pandemic within a pandemic, and there are many experts who are very concerned. The pressures of staying home coupled with the stresses of the pandemic can make a dangerous environment even more volatile for domestic abuse victims.
But there are resources in the River Region for those who find themselves trapped.
According to national statistics, nearly 20 people are physically abused by an intimate partner every minute. One in four woman and one in seven men have been seriously assaulted by a partner.